I am going to throw my HS2 out the window!!!

[dafoe]

To make a long story short, I set my timer to record an episode of a show that Ive been waiting over a year for. It's the only one I'm missing.

I had set the timer to record to the hard drive. The night before I set the timer to record a baseball game to DVD-R which I got with no problem.

When I got up this morning, the program that was supposed record to the hard drive had frozen at 3 minutes. The machine acts like it's recording but it's not. It wont shut off or stop "recording"

It then occured to me that everytime I've tried to record a timer recording to DVD prior to a hard drive timer recording I've been screwed.

Has this happened to anyone else or is this unit just defective? I don't thinmk I'm asking too much when I expect an $800 machine to record a freakin timed recording.

What a piece of crap

[handyguy]

Sounds like its confused.

You can try unplugging it from wall for a full minute (not ten seconds), plug back in & that should reset it.

[houtx67]

Handyguy's solution has worked for me, but I have also had the frozen recording problem due to faulty media (looks like it is recording but stays in one place time-wise).

[dafoe]

Thanks for the tips guys.

I did unplug the unit and that solved the problem. Occasionally I have to do that when I put a backup in- it will lock the unit up completely. My E30 does the same thing. Sometimes I have to pry the disc out with a fork! Even unplugging it wont work

As far as faulty media is concerned that really shouldn't be an issue since I was recording to the hard drive.

Now I have to wait another 6-12 months (at least) to get another shot at that episode if it even airs again.

I paid $800 for the E30. Than, a year later, I spent another $800 on the HS2 because of the hard drive. I've seen $50 Apex players that had fewer issues than these high priced machines.

Oh well, what can you do?

[leebo]

dafoe,

Please post your home address and the exact time you're going to throw my HS2 out the window!!!


Directions would be nice too.

[The village idiot]

I got dibs on the North American windows! Leebo, you can have the rest of the world unless someone else objects. Only fair right?

[bikerval]

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